Neighbors: Jacksonville s Jamison finds adventure of a lifetime under the circus big top
David Blanchette, Journal-Courier
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Jay Jamison ran away and joined the circus in 1983 and it ended up being “the greatest adventure of my life.”
Jamison now 64 years old was 27 and unemployed with a master’s degree in philosophy when fellow Jacksonville resident John Carpenter recommended him for a job with the Carson and Barnes Circus, one of the nation’s largest itinerant spectacles. What followed was two years on the road that gave Jamison an immersion in the true meaning of hard work, adaptability, and the definition of the term “home.”